AUTHOR | MARK TWAIN
Mark Twain | Writer, lecturer
Bio:
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. He wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter often called 'The Great American Novel'. Twain was raised in Hannibal, Missouri, which later provided the setting for Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. After an apprenticeship with a printer, Twain worked as a typesetter and contributed articles to the newspaper of his older brother, Orion Clemens. He later became a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River before heading west to join Orion in Nevada. He referred humorously to his singular lack of success at mining, turning to journalism for the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise. In 1865, his humorous story, 'The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County', was published, based on a story he heard at Angels Hotel in Angels Camp, California, where he had spent some time as a min
Born: 1835-11-30
Born in: Florida, Missouri, U.S.
Died: 1910-04-21
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All Quotes from the Author Mark Twain 203
“ When ill luck begins, it does not come in sprinkles,...
“ A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when...
“ If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember an...
“ A big leather-bound volume makes an ideal razorstrap...
“ What would men be without women? Scarce, sir...might...
“ A proof once established is better left so.
“ I'll not go where there is any of that sort of thing...
“ Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die ...
“ So I learned then, that gold in it's native state is...
“ I haven't any right to criticize books, and I don't ...
“ Be respectful to your superiors, if you have any.
“ Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.
“ The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his ...
“ To believe yourself brave is to be brave; it is the ...